Balloons

Pop-Up Valentine’s Day Hot Air Balloon Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #304 whose parameters were: drop down project, mahjong colors, go wild element and hand drawn border. I used new Karen Burniston dies and stamps for this airy, pop-up Valentine. (Dies will be available for sale on February 2, 2026)

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Pop-Up Stage Base: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) Cut two base pieces and two side strips from the Stage Pop-Up die set.

Hot Air Balloons and Raining Hearts: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) The Hot Air Balloons die set along with the tiny hearts from the Love Is In The Air Charms set are the key dies used. The hearts are sandwiched with dots of glue to pieces of cotton thread. The cloud die used is the largest one in the Hot Air Balloons set. Cut the different balloon designs several times from different patterned papers to get the different colored stripes.

Sentiments: “Go Wild!” is a previously released Karen Burniston die cut in red patterned paper. The “Happy Valentine’s Day” is part of the new Love Notes clear stamp.The stitching and hearts were hand-drawn onto the label. Stage Scenes stamps set was used for the “Push” on the bottom of the stage.

Envelope: The card fits into a 6×9-inches envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Echo Park – 6×6-inch Double-Sided Paper – Love Notes
  • Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11 80 lb. Cardstock – Copper Clay
  • Red, Tan and White Cardstock
  • Clear Plastic Packaging
  • 6×9-inch Catalog Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Stamping Block
  • Stamping Platform
  • Paperweight
  • Scissors
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Tweezers
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • White Cotton Sewing Thread

Stenciled cards by the batch load

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Needing a lot of cards, I decided to stencil some A7 size card bases to make some special pop-up birthday cards for a card exchange.  Here are the 10 cards I made using purchased card bases with matching envelopes.

Watch the video below to see how I made these cards.

Cardbase: I used five white cardbases and envelopes by Park Lane and five kraft paper cardbases and envelopes by American Crafts.

Pop-Up Mechanism: The pop-up mechanism that lifts the “Happy Birthday” and balloons is Karen Burniston’s Katherine Label Pop-Up. (Watch an assembly video for it by clicking on the die name and scrolling down to the bottom of the linked page.)

Stenciling: I used three different stencils and two different colors of stencil pastes. First, I taped down the cardbase to a piece of packing paper (think brown craft paper/newsprint) next I taped the stencil to the scrap paper over the cardbase and applied the stencil paste using a disposable plastic knife left from a take-out meal. Between each card, I washed the stencil and knife.

Sentiments:  The “Hello” and “Happy Birthday” die cut sentiments, balloons and pop-up mechanism are all by Karen Burniston. The stamped birthday verse is by Craft Roulette and stamped in brown ink.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stencils

  • Angela Poole – A4 Plastic Stencil – Folksy Meadow
  • Honey Bee Stamps – 6×6-inch Plastic Stencil – Scattered Seeds
  • Picket Fence Studios – 4×9.5-inch Plastic Stencil – Slim Line Leaf

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • American Crafts – A7 Cardbases and Envelopes – Kraft
  • Concord & 9th – 8.5×11-inch -80lb Cardstock – Wheat
  • Park Lane – A7 Cardbases and Envelopes – White
  • Park Lane – 8.5×11-inch -Shimmer Cardstock – Gold
  • Matte Gold Junk Mail
  • White Cardstock

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Rich Cocoa
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Stencil Pastes

  • Altenew – Artistry – Shimmer Relief Paste – Brass
  • Nuvo – Embellishment Mousse – Victorian Blush

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Tools

  • Taupe Satin Ribbon – 1/8-inch wide

Arch Pop-Up Projects

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Here are some of the projects I’ve made with the new Karen Burniston Arch Pop-Up

(HINT: Click on photo to bring up tutorial on how the project was made.)

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Triple The Fun With Mini Mini Slimline Pop-Up Cards

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #251 whose parameters included for a slimline card, lumberjack colors, hat(s) or cap(s), and lace or doily.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase:  Each card is made from a 2×6-inch piece of double-sided patterned paper, folded into a top-fold 3×2-inch card.  The box to hold them is made using Karen Burniston’s Candy Hearts Box die.

Sentiments:  The sentiments were all stamped in black ink using the Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 set except for the “Hats off to you” which was handwritten.

Envelope:  The flatten box with three cards will fit into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8 Double-Sided Cardstock – Noel Patterned Collection
  • Simple Stories – 6×8 Double-Sided Cardstock – What’s Cookin’?
  • Black, Brown, Red, White and Yellow Cardstock Scraps
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Crafter’s Squares – Metallic Markers .05 in – Blue and Silver
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black, Blue, Brown, Red

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush Marker – Glitter Gloss
  • Ranger – Glossy Accents
  • Cotton String

Accordion Birthday Card For A Crafty Friend

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #247 whose parameters included a card for a crafty friend, pretty paper colors, bell(s) or belle(s) element, and something gold. I used Craft Roulette stamp sets and Karen Burniston dies.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase:  Cut three of the large die from the Landscape Rectangle Accordion die set from heavy weight cardstock. Cut three of the same die from thin decorative papers. Trim out the center pivot panel and side tab to form the decorative frames. Glue frames onto the larger panels. (I used a pretty patterned paper of blue, lavender and green for the center frame and coordinating lavender paper for the other two frames.)

Fence:  Watch the assembly video at the bottom of this linked page Fence Add-Ons for a how-to on adding the fence into the accordion frame. (I used coordinating striped paper to cover gray cardstock fence pieces before i glued the fence in place.) The bluebell flowers are from the Fence Add-Ons die set.

People: The people were stamped using Craft Roulette’s Funn Friend stamp sets #1 and #2. They are colored with blended watercolor pencils. Using some teal colored twine, I tied a multi-looped bow with a small gold bell onto the card frame.

Sentiments:  On the third panel is the poetic crafty birthday sentiment which was embellished with hand-drawn balloons and a hint of glitter gloss. The sentiment is from the Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #1 stamp set. The “Happy Birthday” and HBD sign are stamps in the Funn Friend #1 stamp set. “Crafty Friend” was hand written.

Envelope:  The card fits into a purchased A7 (5x 7-inches) size cream envelope. The back flap of the envelope was stamped with “HBD” (Happy Birthday) in a plum colored ink.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Funn Friends Clear Stamps – #1 and #2
  • Craft Roulette – Funn Sentiments Clear Stamps – #1

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Tiara -18-1002
  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Gummy Bear 6-6105
  • BoBunny – 6×8 Single-Sided paper – Bee-utiful You Collection
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Light Lavender Cardstock
  • Recollections – A7 Envelope – Cream

Ink and Watercolors

  • Gel Pens – Blues and Purples
  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Watercolor Pencils – Carved Pumpkin, Chipped Sapphire, Festive Berries, Hickory Smoke, Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Ink Pad – Perfect Plum

Adhesives

Tools

  • Spellbinders – Platinum Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Waterbrush

Miscellaneous

  • Craft Consortium – Tis The Season – Gold Metal Bell Charm
  • Fun Stampers Journey – Journey Thread – Beach Breeze

A Tri-fold Pop-Up Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #229 whose parameters included a faux envelope project, berries colors, string element and overlap.

I made this card using dies and stamps by Karen Burniston – Lorna Label Pop-Up, Just A Note Lorna Label Add-Ons, Happy Birthday Lorna Label Add-Ons and the Belated Birthday stamp set.

Watch the process video to learn how I made the card.

Cardbase: Cut an 11 x 5 1/2-inch rectangle and score and fold at 4 1/4-inches and at 8 1/2-inches. Cover with decorative papers cut at 4 x 5 1/4-inches (cut four of these) and then cut two of 2 1/4 x5 1/4-inches.

Envelope: The sentiment stamped on the back is by Technique Tuesday.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • American Crafts – Core’dination – 12×12 inch Textured Cardstock – Sandable Vanilla Cream
  • Craft Consortium – Hackney & Co. – A4 Double-Sided Solid color Cardstock – Gardeners Delight
  • Crafter’s Companion – Nitwit – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Paws-itivity
  • Black, Blueberry and White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Paper Masking Tape

“UP” – A Pop-Up Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #223 (craftroulette.live) whose parameters included a smaller/larger project, planet colors, house(s) element and white border.

Watch the process video above for how the card was made.

Cardbase: Fold an 8.5×11-inch sheet of white cardstock in half to form a side fold 5.5×8.5-inch A9 cardbase. Cover with decorative papers leaving a white border around each card panel.

Sentiments: The sentiments are stamped in black ink except for the “Home is wherever I am with you” which was stamped in blue ink before the clouds were inked blended on using a Distress oxide blue ink onto plain copier paper. All sentiments are from the two Kindred Stamps sets listed below.

Envelope: The card fits into a catalog size 6×9-inch envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Kindred Stamps – Clear Stamps – Together Forever
  • Kindred Stamps – Clear Stamps – Fly Away
  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – The Basics

Stencil

  • Craftin Desert Divas – 6×6 Stencil – Clouds and Paths

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Textured Cardstock – Tiara -18-1002
  • Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11 Thick Basic White Cardstock
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 Printed Paper – Blue/Green Watercolor
  • Clear Plastic Packaging
  • Catalog (6×9) Envelope – White

Ink

  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide –Tumbled Glass
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Stampin’ Pad – Balmy Blue
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Markers – Light Daffodil Delight
  • StazOn – Solvent Ink – Jet Black
  • Crafter’s Squares – Metallic Markers .05 in – Blue and Silver
  • Mont Marte – Dual Tip Art Marker – E2 Raw Sienna
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Light Indigo
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black, Blue, Green and Brown, Red
  • Nuvo – Highly Pigmented Watercolour Pencils – Elementary Midtones and Hair & Skin Tones

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Tweezers
  • Metal Ruler
  • Craft Mat
  • Blending Brush
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Waterbrush

Birthday Treats

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #215 whose parameters included for Project – Happy Birthday, petting zoo colors, scoop element and tab(s).

This card uses Karen Burniston’s die sets of Big Birthday Charms, Waterfall Card, Sweet Treats Charms, and Word Set 2 – Birthday. The Confection paper collection by Authentique is also a star of this card.

Cardbase: Use a 5.5 x4.25-inch white piece of cardstock and cover front with confetti sprinkles patterned paper. Die cut half round notch from Waterfall Card die set at center bottom of short side of card.

Waterfall: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for the Waterfall Card. I cut the mechanism pieces (pull strip and base) from yellow cardstock. The largest square die was used to cut four double-sided patterned paper pages. Assemble waterfall as shown in video.

Food Pop-Ups: Cut and assemble the ice cream cone from the Sweet Treats Charms set. The slice of cake and large candle are made using the Big Birthday Charms set. Cut off the charm loops on both. Cake icing has Glossy Accents clear gel on it. Candle flames have glitter gloss on them.

Cut small strips of patterned cardstock and fold in half and then fold the ends to the center fold to form a pop-up cube to glue into the first two pages. Once these pop-up cubes’ glue has dried, attach the food elements to cubes. The large candle is popped-up with two strips of cardstock behind it.

Sentiments: “Celebrate!” and “Happy Birthday” are from Word Set 2. The balloons and streams are from the Big Birthday Charms set. The quote by Iris Murdoch was in the paper collection. The back of the pull tab was stamped with “Inspired by Craft Roulette. Made by” and signature and CR episode listed.

Envelope: The back flap of the envelope is decorated with leftover strips of patterned paper.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – The Basics

Papers

  • Authentique – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Confection Paper Pack
  • Black, Blue, Brown, White and Yellow Cardstock
  • Silver Mirror Cardstock
  • A2 Envelope – Cream with flecks

Ink

  • Hero Arts – Alcohol-Marker Friendly Ink Pad – Intense Black
  • Creative Craft Products – Dual Tip Alcohol Markers -mWG1 – Warm Grey
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Blue, Green, Orange and Red
  • Spectrum – Tri-Blend Alcohol Markers – Bright Pink, Ice Blue and Orange
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Markers – Light Daffodil Delight
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Craft Clips

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo – Cream Drops – Golden Shimmer
  • Ranger – Glossy Accents

Celebrating A 9th Birthday

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Growing a year older should be celebrated. This show-stopper card is for a 9-year-old.

For this card I used two new dies from Karen Burniston’s December 2023 release – Birthday Candle Add-Ons and the Topper Tags – as well as her Fancy Label Accordion, Fancy Winter Frames, and a few other previously released die sets to decorate.

Before starting, watch assembly videos for the linked die sets. The videos are towards the bottom of the linked pages.

Accordion Frames: Cut four accordion frames using the Fancy Label Accordion die set. They will be decorated AND THEN assembled. It is much harder to decorate a fully assembled accordion card when you cannot flatten the various moving panels and frames. (I assembled this card as I would normally, but the candle and heart add-ons are designed to be assembled with with the accordion frame behind the add-on panel and not as I did by putting the frame’s center post in front of the panel.)

Candles Add-Ons: The Birthday Candles Add-On cut a pivot panel that attaches to two Fancy Label Accordion panels. It also has dies to cut and stencil four candles and their flames. Cut one candle panel from a solid color cardstock. Cut another from decorative paper. Train the folds on the solid color panel as directed on the packaging. Using the largest decorator label from the Fancy Label Accordion set, cut a frame from the decorative paper. (The section between the two label cut outs will fall out and the frame can be cut down the center fold.) Glue the frame onto the panel matching up the edges.

Assemble and decorate the candles using the die stenciling feature or use decorative papers. (Because I needed to celebrate a 9-year-old’s birthday, I did not use all twelve candles that the panel will hold. I decided to add a number 9 as another candle by cutting a “9” using the Numbers die set and cut the top of a candle with the flame attached to the back top of the number.) The flames I cut from a background paper I had made using glitter ink and drew the black burnt wick onto them.

Once the panel is fully decorated, work on the accordion frames that it will be glued onto. Glue two frames together using the outer long tab. From one panel cut the label panel along the pivot point making sure to keep the label attached to the pivot bar. Cut the other label, but the cut will look different than the other panel. See photo below. Add glue to the back side of the candle panel and attach it to one of the label panels. Add glue to the other end of the candle panel and attach it to the other label panel. (See 2nd photo under tags for what the back side of the attached candles panel into the accordion frames.)

Tags: Cut two tags using the second from the smallest tag die in the Topper Tags. (If your paper is a single-sided decorative paper like mine was, cut two more tags that cover at least the part of the tag that will not be covered by the fancy label panel. Glue the tags together as shown in the photo below.) Attach the back of the tags to the fancy label panels on their backsides.

Decorations: The Birthday Charms die set are used for balloons, party hats and cupcake. Three colors of bakers twine are used for the balloon strings and for tag ties. A thin black pen was used to draw the balloon strings onto card back. The frame borders are cut from white copier paper backed with a wide double-sided tape using the polka-dot frame die from the Fancy Winter Frames.

Once the frame borders are adhered, attach the end accordion frames to the candle frames. Add balloons to the folds and then glue the fancy labels together.

Sentiments: Add the sentiments once the accordion frames and fancy labels are all attached together. “Happy Birthday” uses two dies – Happy Birthday Shadow and Happy Birthday. “Just for You” uses three die sets – Word Set 15, Word Set 8 and Mini Alphabet. The “You” is cut from a phrase die and its shadow is created by tracing the outside of the die and fussy cutting. (You could use other word dies for the “You.”)

Envelope: The closed card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Violet Studio Designs – 8×8 Single-Sided Paper Pad – Hoppy Easter
  • Yellow 110lb. Cardstock
  • Blues, White and Cream Cardstock
  • White Copier Paper

Ink

  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker –Fine Tip – Blue. Green, Orange and Yellow
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Gel Pens – Multiple Colors
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Spectrum Noir – Sparkle Glitter Ink – Candlelight

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Three Colors of Bakers Twine